Which to use
“erronée” is a verb and “erronées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,196
- “erronée” frequency rank
- #23,858
- “erronées” frequency rank
- 42054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | erronée | erronées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de erroner. | Féminin pluriel de erroné. |
Same sound, different letters: erronée vs erronées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. erronée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against erronées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - erronée / erronées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: erronée and erronées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ.ʁɔ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “erronée” sits inside “erronées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
erronée is recorded at frequency rank #18,196, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ.ʁɔ.ne\. erronées is at rank #23,858, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ.ʁɔ.ne\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42054, this pair ranks #228,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of erronée vs erronées
Shared letters: enoré. Private to "erronée": -. Private to "erronées": s.
"erronée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "erronées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "erronée" and "erronées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "erronée" vs "erronées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "erronée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "erronées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "erronée" and "erronées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erronées vs erronés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #228,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.